La Vie de Paris

As a youngster in 1912 Toby Edgeworth first visited Paris. His holiday ended far too soon but Toby vowed to return. He fulfilled his promise in 1923 and stayed a lifetime.</p>In this fictional memoir journalist James Brogan is assigned to discover what became of Toby a fellow journalist who once wrote a column for the same British daily for which James now works. Toby's columns presented vivid images of what occupied the attentions and possessed the imaginations of Parisians between World Wars I and II.</p>Surprised to find Toby still alive James develops a close friendship with him. Beyond penning just a single newspaper profile Toby asks James to chronicle his life story including detailed reminisces of Paris when she was alive with the <i>litt��rateu</i>r and <i>bon viveu</i>r.</p>Over their six-year relationship Brogan listens to Toby's recollections and lyrically illustrates one of the most glamorous periods in Paris history. <i>La Vie de Paris</i> captures Toby's joys of living from promenading the Grande Boulevards to observing the kaleidoscope of people from <i>caf��</i> terraces. Through Toby's story you'll delight in everything from a restful morning in Luxembourg Gardens to a glimpse of nightlife on the fairyland-like <i>tablea</i>u of the <i>Champs Elysee</i>.